SIDELIGHTS For all seniors

SCOPE Howland Senior Center, 9273 High St. N.E., Warren, has scheduled an ABC luncheon and Italian polka party with music by Chuck Marx from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday. The cost is $3.50 in advance of $4 at the door. Reservations required. Family night and Chinese Harvest Moon Festival will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Aug. 28 featuring a dinner free to each person providing a potluck dish. Others will pay $2. Reservations are required. Card-playing lessons will be offered from 11 to 1 p.m. Tuesdays. Free computer classes will resume Sept. 9 and will be held from 9 to 10 a.m. Monday through Thursday. Call the center for details. For more information call the center at (330) 609-7806 between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. Senior Center of Mahoning County, 1110 Fifth Ave., Youngstown, has planned the following activities: Monday, bridge at 1 p.m.; Tuesday, New Middletown satellite from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., oil painting at 10 a.m., computer classes at 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m. and blood-pressure screening from noon to 1 p.m.; Wednesday, Lake Milton Satellite from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., watercolor class at 10 a.m., blood-pressure screening at 12:30 p.m. and 500 card club at 1; Thursday, TOPS and woodcarvers at 9 a.m., blood-pressure screening at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., and line dancing at 1 p.m.; and Friday, Sebring Fun Day from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and crafts at 12:30 p.m. Call (330) 744-5071 for more information.